Public-private mix for tuberculosis care and prevention. What progress? What prospects?
OBJECTIVE: To present a global perspective on the progress and prospects of expanding PPM for TB care and prevention.
DISCUSSION: People with TB in high-incidence countries approach diverse care providers. Productive working collaborations between national TB programmes and other care providers have been scaled up in many countries. However, a large proportion of private providers still do not participate in collaboration or follow recommended TB management practices. Persisting challenges include weak commitment and capacity to work together within both public and private sectors, poor enforcement of essential regulations and inadequate investments.
CONCLUSION: Scaling up PPM programmes is critical to ending the TB epidemic. Investing in implementing bold policies that harness public and private sector capacity, combine collaborative and regulatory approaches and promote modern digital tools to simplify care delivery is the logical way forward.
Keywords: global progress; prospects; public-private mix; tuberculosis
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Publication date: 01 November 2016
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